Well, never let it be said that I do not plan ahead. MJ has ordered a new laptop computer and now I want a new one. Apple Laptops are decreasing in price and I want to strike while the iron is hot. Quick calculations have revealed that with MJ Aaron and Jonathon’s birthday and Christmas gifts to me in October and December I will have enough to buy the Precious…

I will soon be retired 14 years and have blogged nearly every day since 2014. I am also writing a story with my brother Brock that is fun! I am an aficionado of laptops Ipads and Iphones. When I was still working I marvelled at colleagues who had laptops. It seemed like the cartoon of my youth The Jetsons.

I am in the ‘Ber Months’ as soon as July arrives. Certain quirky things boost my morale. Maine in October my birthday at Bartolinos in St. Louis then the big Kahuna Christmas. When I retired my retirement gifts were the first-generation iPad and big screen Macintosh desk computer. I do not ride a motorcycle nor have a boat but I like computers.

As I sit on the Writing Porch I know I am pursuing my passion for writing. If I am not writing I am thinking about it. I used to hear writers speak of characters in their stories doing unexpected things in the narrative. I did not understand what they were talking about…now I do.

Could it be that I am a character in another writer’s story? Although it took me a long time to become dedicated to writing is the plot progressing as now I think of little else? I was a movie connoisseur for the first year or two of my early retirement but now it has fallen away to writing.

Speaking of writing machines I was fascinated with an old Royal typewriter Neva J had when I was a youngster. I pondered how pleasant it would be to write my novels on the ancient machine. Then came the invention of the Word Processor. MJ and I purchased one at Montgomery Ward for $600. No more whiteout when the incorrect key was struck. Mrs. Barton and Mr. Feazel encouraged me in high school to write. Dr. Burns at college. It may not be that good but it is mine and I am proud of it.

I love coming up with concepts and thoughts that I have read nowhere before. Originality is paramount in the writing craft. Writing today has proven that there are new themes and thoughts to share.

How did the authors of our Constitution feel as they penned the bedrock document of our nation? What did the disciple John think as visions swirled about him as he wrote the Book Of Revelations? Written words have power. They command our attention. Since Guttenbugh invented the printing press we have paid close attention to the ink and paper before us…